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Constituency

229. Kashipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KASHIPUR

INC 57.3%won by 17.2%CPM 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.4% to 17.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 60.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
24,827
Margin
4,271
17.20%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MADAN MOHAN MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC14,22057.3%
  2. 2BASUDEB ACHARIACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,94940.1%
  3. 3RAJARAM MAHATOIndependent · IND6582.7%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+0.3%
INC share
38.5% → 57.3%
CPM share
21.6% → 40.1%
Turnout
— → —
228. Raghunathpur230. Hura
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